Western Province Chinese Association October 27 2014MONDAY WRAPAlways Free ISSUE NO.17

WESTERN PROVINCE CHINESE ASSOCIATION FUND RAISINGheld at Chinese Community Centre on 26 OCTOBER 2014

Fundraising lunch has come and gone.After many many years of having the Fund Raising Dinners on Sunday evenings, it was decided to change the function to lunch and this was successfully done on 25 October 2014. It was heartwarming to see all the regulars from previous years and encouraging to see all the new guests enjoying the meal and atmosphere and determined to spread the word. Most patrons were happy with the change and were looking forward to the next lunch date.We had 250 paying guests. The raffl e was well supported and so was the bar.Final fi gures are not in yet.This was one of the better organized fundraisers. Final day is the result of crazy behind the scenes preparations.Thanks must go to the community for pitching in for the preparation, table laying, cooking and serving during the week and on the day. WPCA, WPCSA, CCF and members of the community helped in ALL areas and I think the Saturday afternoon setup was done in a RECORD time (Could be something to do with WP rugby as the Final was at 5.00pm)28 Tables and decor etc were set from 3.30pm and we walked out of the hall at 4.45pm. Proves that many hands can make light work. It does not matter how small you contributed, it all goes back into the upkeep of the Community Centre.We would like to thank Daphne Manley for the Chinese Food hamper from Ding Ho, Robert Wong for the Targus Computer case and Charles Bertoni’s bottle of Port which was auctioned and sold for R360.00 which will be donated to CANSA.THANK YOU ALL. Please forward this to ALL concerned.PS One table did complain. They said the food was excellent, however the salad was cold. Ob-viously we did not serve salad, and I noticed many EMPTY bottles on their “joined” tables so I wittingly replied: Wait till we serve the hot ice-cream and the curried milkshakes. Needless to say, they burst out laughing and ask when the next fundraiser was going to be.

CCF News CCF celebrates its 45th birthday on the 11 November 2014, and a Bus Trip to Hout Bay on Sunday 9 November is being arranged, departing from the Community Centre at 9.30 am and returning around 4 pm via Camps Bay. It will be a 70 seater luxury single decker bus. The cost is R50 for adults and R30 for children aged 12 and under.Lunch can be purchased at the Hout Bay Harbour or the Market, or you may provide your own picnic basket.Bookings are open to all the community on a fi rst come fi rst served basis !If you are interested, please make a booking with Berenize Ling -berenize.ling@gmail.com by Sunday 2 November. Looking forward to having you join us on this trip as a special celebration and thanks to God for another birthday !

CCF are planning their annual Christmas Programme for Sunday 7 December with a Lunch-eon Lamb Spit Braai from the Spitmaster of Stellenbosch. Their charge will be R80 per head, and we will provide rolls and salads. Own drinks and refreshments to be provided.We are inviting all the community and friends, so the charge will be R80 per head for adults and R40 for children 12 years and under.Kindly let us know if you are interested in attending and provide numbers so that we can in the meantime confi rm the booking with Spitmaster. A response by latest next weekend 26th October would be appreciated to give us an idea of numbers, though additional bookings will be accepted after this date.The offi cial circular will be sent out at a later stage confi rming the full programme.